Washington County, Rhode Island

Washington County has a population of 130,344 and has grown 0.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $510,800, about 4.8 times the county's median household income of $106,638.

Home price
$510,800
Income
$106,638
Population
130,344
Unemployment
4.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$510,800county
Median gross rent$1,327county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198054.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use16.5%county
Typical monthly rent$2,516county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,721county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,362county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,146county
Home insurance / yr$2,445(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.6(statewide)
Median household income$106,638county
Family health premium / yr$25,960(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,758(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.976(statewide)
Poverty rate8.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.3%county
Unemployment rate4.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government16.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.5%county
Economic output per resident$74,940county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.00%county
Top state income tax5.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12320county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station1.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.4%county
Traffic deaths22.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher52.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.7%county
Public schools in the county34county
Public school enrollment13313county
Students per full-time teacher11.7county
Free lunch eligible29.6%county
Elementary schools20county
Middle schools6county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians82county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter4.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance2.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.5%county
Frequent mental distress13.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population130,344county
Land area in square miles329county
People per square mile of land396.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores28county
Convenience stores12county
Share living far from a food store27.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.0%county
Population change since 20200.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age45.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.3%county
Share of households that are one person26.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.0%county
Second languages6.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents70county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in3,375county
Households that moved away3,591county
Average income of arriving households$107,343county
Average income of departing households$87,986county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year255county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings9.4%county
Violent crime rate154(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature51.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.7 incounty
Annual snowfall19.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.93 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing109 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days172 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 29county
Average first fall frostOct 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$158county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh34.0¢county
Household electricity use481 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$22.76(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity14.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas30.2%county
Homes heated by propane10.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil40.5%county
Homes heated by wood2.8%county
Households with broadband94.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk75.4county
Coastal flood risk76.2county
Drought risk43.5county
Landslide risk37.6county
Hail risk2.8county
Earthquake risk67.3county
Tornado risk29.4county
Tropical cyclone risk82.2county
Extreme heat risk46.4county
Winter weather risk42.2county
Strong wind risk30.0county
Wildfire risk23.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Washington County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Rhode Island figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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